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June 10, 7:30pm
Arizona State University, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Room 122 (Tempe, AZ)
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Kei Takei © Don Manza
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Enmei (Long Life): A Dance and Aging Project brings together dancers and designers from the United States and Japan to explore what it means and what it takes to age as a woman in the field of contemporary dance. Artists Kei Takei and Masako Kitaura join forces with Mary Fitzgerald, Eileen Standley and Rose Weitz to create an evening of solo and collaborative works that examine how our respective cultures value and represent women dancers as they age. This event is supported by the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program.
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June 18, 5pm
Baruch Performing Arts Center (New York, NY)
Sachiyo Ito and Company will celebrate its 60th Salon Series, an ongoing program of performances, lectures, and demonstrations of the Japanese performing arts. Kabuki dancer
Shogo Fujima joins them as a special guest from Japan.
This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
Image: Courtesy of Sachiyo Ito and Company / Photo of Sachiyo Ito © Jason Gardner
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June 20 - 29
San Jose (Costa Rica), Santa Ana and San Salvador (El Salvador), Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
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Courtesy of TAIKOPROJECT
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Four prominent members of the LA-based Taiko group TAIKOPROJECT will visit Central American countries for a series of performances and workshops as part of the Japanese Arts in Latin America Program. This tour is co-organized with the Embassies of Japan in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras.
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June 28 - July 2
Ted Shawn Theatre, Jacob's Pillow Dance (Becket, MA)
The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival-exclusive engagement Tireless, curated and introduced by tap dancer and choreographer, Michelle Dorrance, exhibits the endless talent, depth, and perseverance of the international tap dance community. This program features Japanese tap dancer Reona and bassist Takashi Seo as part of a showcase performance by four star ensembles. This event is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
Photo: Reona Seo. Courtesy of the artist.
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June 5 - 30
Brownlee O. Currey, Jr. Gallery, Watkins College of Art (Nashville, TN)
 This traveling exhibition, on loan from the Japan Foundation, focuses on the ceramic technique, yakishime, which is the firing of unglazed wares at high temperatures. 82 works of yakishime, including earliest examples to contemporary works, will be showcased to introduce an aspect of this unique Japanese culture. This exhibition is co-organized with the Consulate General of Japan in Nashville.
Photo: Kyoko Tokumaru,
Shukusuijima - The blessing water island
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June 6 - September 24
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Japanese artist
Takashi Murakami may be best known for his commercial ventures, anime aesthetic, and post-apocalyptic characters. This major retrospective, which focuses on his paintings, shows how Murakami's art is rooted in traditions of Japanese painting and folklore, influenced by the Tokyo art scene of the 1980s and 1990s, as well as the threat of nuclear annihilation. This exhibition is supported under the Exhibitions Abroad Support Program.
Image: Takashi Murakami,
And Then, And Then And Then And Then And Then (Red)
, 1996-1997. Courtesy Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo.
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1996-1997 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Photo: Norihiro Ueno.
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June 15 - July 19
The Nippon Gallery at The Nippon Club (New York, NY)
 This exhibition explores the concept of the outdoor tea ceremony, Nodate. Utensils and other items that are made compact in order to fit into the tea box, or Chabako, will be displayed. This exhibition is nominally supported by The Japan Foundation, New York.
Photo: Courtesy of The Nippon Club
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June 22 - August 26
Center for Architecture (New York, NY)
This exhibition presents the houses by Japanese-American architect and Taliesin student Kaneji Domoto in Usonia, a small community in Westchester County which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that reflects his urbanistic principles. This exhibition is supported under the JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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June 25, 5pm
Museum of the Moving Image (Queens, NY)
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© 1967 Toho Co., Ltd.
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This special screening of The Age of Assassins once again welcomes the legendary actor Tatsuya Nakadai in person. Nakadai, returning to the Museum of the Moving Image for the fifth time, shares his memory of another longtime collaborator, director Kihachi Okamoto. This event is co-presented with the Museum of the Moving Image.
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June 30 - July 15
Film Society of Lincoln Center & SVA Theatre (New York, NY)
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© ASIAN SHADOWS
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More than 15 Japanese feature films and 4 special guests from Japan will be presented at the 16th New York Asian Film Festival, which is North America's leading festival of popular Asian cinema. The lineup includes
Japanese Girls Never Die (dir. Daigo Matsui, 2016),
Close-Knit (dir. Naoko Ogigami, 2017) and
The Long Excuse (dir. Miwa Nishikawa, 2016).
This event is supported by JFNY Grant for Arts and Culture.
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June 5, 4pm - 6pm: Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, MT)
June 6, 3pm - 5pm: Carter County Museum (Ekalaka, MT)
The Japan - U.S. Natural Science Museums Project will be holding 2 public forums that will share updates on collaborative efforts between natural history museums in Montana and Kumamoto, Japan. The public forums will each consist of six brief lectures, a question and answer session, and a reception with light appetizers & beverages. For more information, please see the event brochure. The public forums are under the support of the Center for Global Partnership Grassroots Program Grant.
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June 28, 3pm - 4:30pm
Sakura Hall, The Japan Foundation Headquarters (Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Andrew Oros (Washington College) will give a public talk based on his new book, Japan's Security Renaissance: New Policies and Politics for the Twenty-First Century. The talk will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Prof. Ryo Sahashi (Kanagawa University). This event is free and open to the public. For details on registration, please visit this webpage.
Photo: Courtesy of Professor Andrew L. Oros
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Partnership, please contact:
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